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Esportes da Sorte transforms Carnival 2026 into a nationwide immersive experience
Leading Brazilian iGaming company Esportes da Sorte has strengthened its position as a national platform focused on creating urban experiences, connecting popular culture, public services and territorial presence across different formats of the country’s biggest festival.
With simultaneous projects in nine Brazilian cities, the brand acts as an official sponsor in strategic public spaces and develops initiatives designed for those who experience Carnival directly in the streets.
The strategy continues a trajectory built over recent years, marked by investment in major cultural and popular events. More than visibility, Esportes da Sorte structures its presence through tangible public deliveries, with solutions that engage with the urban environment, the flow of the celebration and the unique characteristics of each city.
This positioning translates into a broad national project, covering everything from traditional and historic street blocs to electric trios, megablocs and major urban stages. Each location receives a specific action plan, with its own visual identity, a regionalised key visual and formats adapted to the local Carnival dynamics.
Among the main deliveries are initiatives focused on public comfort, especially refreshment actions, created to ease the heat and improve the reveller’s experience throughout the days of celebration. These efforts include fixed water misting structures, interactive gateways and mobile teams with spray devices, integrated along the parade routes and the natural flow of the streets.
In Olinda, the concept takes shape through the giant “Refresh Yourself” gateway, installed at one of the most symbolic points along the bloc route, inviting the public to walk through the structure amid the intensity of the festivities. In Salvador, the activations follow the rhythm of the electric trios and major blocs, with presence distributed across the city’s main Carnival circuits.
In Rio de Janeiro, the company’s efforts focus on the street Carnival experience, combining refreshment, hydration points and mobile shaded areas in regions with high concentrations of revellers. In São Paulo, the project spreads across the megabloc circuits, featuring a water truck, hydration stations and urban signage, offering practical support during the busiest days.
Recife plays a central role in the national platform. In Recife Antigo, the heart of the festivities, Esportes da Sorte delivers large-scale activations, including a standout Ferris wheel installed at Marco Zero, offering the public a privileged view of the main Carnival hub and the city’s historic landscape. The experience is complemented by urban interventions such as video mapping projected onto the iconic Chanteclair Building and an aerial installation along Rua Marquês de Olinda, turning public space into an active part of the celebration.
In 2026, Esportes da Sorte’s national Carnival platform has a presence in nine cities, seven of them state capitals. Recife, Olinda, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo serve as anchor locations for the project, concentrating some of the main activities and experiences delivered throughout the Carnival period.
In addition to the physical structures, the initiative includes urban atmosphere design, sensory activations, public well-being initiatives and an integrated communications and content strategy, expanding the documentation and visibility of the experiences created in the streets.
“Creating experiences is part of Esportes da Sorte’s history. Our goal is to be present in a meaningful way at the country’s biggest popular celebration, respecting the identity of each city and delivering initiatives that truly make a difference for those living Carnival in the streets,” said Germana Casal, Production Coordinator at Esportes Gaming Brasil Group, owner of the Esportes da Sorte brand.
In 2025, Esportes da Sorte was present in more than 100 street blocs and Carnival parties across different regions of the country. For Carnival 2026, the company consolidates this track record into a structured nationwide project, reinforcing its leading role in Brazil’s biggest popular event.
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GGPoker
GGPoker adds Action Voice packs featuring Doyle Brunson and other pros
New software option replaces standard table announcements across cash games, tournaments and formats including All-In or Fold and Spin & Gold.
GGPoker on July 9, 2026 announced Action Voice, a new software feature that lets players replace standard table announcements with voice packs recorded by poker personalities, including Doyle Brunson.
The initial lineup named by the operator includes ten-time WSOP bracelet winner Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and Kevin Martin, with additional voices “to be confirmed in the near future.”
Action Voice is available now across GGPoker’s product offering, including cash games, tournaments and formats such as All-In or Fold and Spin & Gold. Players can select voice packs in the desktop client via ‘My Page’ and then ‘My Action Voice’.
“Doyle Brunson may not be at the tables in the way that he used to, but his voice still can be,” said Sarne Lightman, Managing Director of GGPoker. “Action Voice is our way of keeping the legends who built this game part of the everyday experience – right alongside the players carrying it forward today, like Daniel and Michael. It’s a unique and fun new element to our software, and we can’t wait to reveal the rest of the lineup soon.”
GGPoker said more Action Voice packs will be announced in the coming weeks as it rolls out the full roster.
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Action Voice
The Godfather Of Poker Returns To The Table: Doyle Brunson’s Voice Comes To GGPoker
GGPoker introduces Action Voice, letting players hear poker icons – including Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and more – call their action at the tables
GGPoker, the World’s Biggest Poker Room, today unveiled Action Voice, a unique feature that gives players the option to replace GGPoker’s standard table announcements with those voiced by some of poker’s most iconic figures. For the first time, players can bet, raise, call, and fold to the voice of ten-time WSOP bracelet winner and back-to-back Main Event champion Doyle Brunson – alongside a growing roster of legends including Daniel Negreanu, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Kevin Martin, and additional names to be confirmed in the near future.
Action Voice is now available to all GGPoker players, who can select their preferred voice pack in the GGPoker software and hear it call their action while playing their favorite GGPoker games, including cash games, tournaments, and exclusive formats such as All-In or Fold and Spin & Gold.
“Doyle Brunson may not be at the tables in the way that he used to, but his voice still can be,” said Sarne Lightman, Managing Director of GGPoker. “Action Voice is our way of keeping the legends who built this game part of the everyday experience – right alongside the players carrying it forward today, like Daniel and Michael. It’s a unique and fun new element to our software, and we can’t wait to reveal the rest of the lineup soon.”
To select a new voice from within the desktop software, click on ‘My Page’, then ‘My Action Voice’. Choose your preferred voice by selecting the avatar, click ‘Apply’ and you are ready to hit the tables!
Additional voices will be revealed in the coming weeks as GGPoker rolls out the full Action Voice roster.
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Haaland
International bettors back Haaland’s Norway to beat England in World Cup Quarter Final Clash
Kaizen Gaming shares Betano users’ predictions on teams heading to the World Cup semi-finals
As the World Cup moves into the last eight stage, Kaizen Gaming unveils exclusive proprietary data from its Betano platform, which reveals Argentina, Norway, Spain and France as the most backed teams by users globally to progress into the semi-finals.
Predicting the teams to qualify to the semi-finals (selections from the “To Qualify” market):
- Norway backed by 75% of users to qualify over England
- Argentina favoured by 80% of users to win over Switzerland
- Spain narrowly predicted to come out on top over Belgium with 55% of users’ bets
- France has been selected by 67% of users to pass through Morocco
With regards to two of the biggest surprises of the tournament this far, Brazil’s defeat to Norway and Germany’s elimination by Paraguay, it seems that for Betano users the shock wasn’t that big. In fact, 42% of users had seen Paraguay’s qualification coming, and 45% had predicted Norway getting through Brazil to reach the quarterfinals.
*The data shared has been extracted on the morning of July 8, 2026 from across 18 markets, excluding the UK. The international data sources may vary according to betting option availability per market.
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